Guideline and Deadline Changes for the 2010 Award

The CCCC Outstanding Book Award is presented annually for work in the field of composition and rhetoric. A work eligible for the 2010 award will have been published in calendar year 2008 or 2009. Single or multiple authored books, as well as edited volumes, are evaluated for scholarship and research in the areas of pedagogy, practice, history, and theory that have informed the work of past award recipients. To be eligible for the award, a nominee must be a member of CCCC and/or NCTE at the time of nomination. To nominate a volume for the award, the author, editor, publisher, or reader must be a CCCC and/or NCTE member. Nominations must be received by May 1, 2009, and must include a brief statement of the book’s contribution to the profession (Note: You do not need to send copies of the nominated book with the nomination.). Please send the statement of the book’s contribution to the CCCC Outstanding Book Award Committee via email at cccc@ncte.org or via regular mail to c/o CCCC, NCTE, 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096.